Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; AN UNCOMPLETED SONNET SEQUENCE: 4, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER


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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; AN UNCOMPLETED SONNET SEQUENCE: 4, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis but a child. The quiet juno gaze
Last Line: "two hyacinths in my garden almost out!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta
Subject(s): Mothers & Daughters


'Tis but a child. The quiet Juno gaze
Breaks at a trifle into mirth and glow,
Changed as a folded bud bursts into blow,
And she springs, buoyant, on some busy craze,
Or, in the rhythm of her girlish plays,
Like light upon swift waves floats to and fro,
And, whatsoe'er's her mirth, needs me to know,
And keeps me young by her young innocent ways.

Just now she and her kitten raced and sprang
To catch the daisy ball she tossed about;
Then they grew grave, and found a shady tree,
And kitty tried to see the notes she sang:
Now she flies hitherward--"Mother! Quick! Come see!
Two hyacinths in my garden almost out!"





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